US launches full-scale offensive against Houthis

American President Donald Trump, who had criticised Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for dragging the country into outside wars, seems to have changed his mind and launched a full-scale airstrike against Houthi rebels who are in occupation of parts of Yemen. According to the Pentagon, the strikes are expected to last for days. A Pentagon statement had said that the Houthis had attacked US warships 74 times, and commercial ships 145 times.

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According to Houthi health ministry sources, 31 people have been killed in the strikes, and a majority of them were civilians, women, and children. The attacks were launched from the aircraft carrier Harry S Truman. The United Kingdom had provided refueling facilities. Both President Trump and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth have made statements on their social media platforms about the strikes. It has to be noted that President Joe Biden had launched the attacks against the Houthis, but they were limited in nature, meant to degrade the offensive abilities of the Houthis. Trump has stepped up the attacks, and it is now a full-scale offensive.

In his social platform statement, Trump had warned Iran not to support the Houthis and said that the US would have to take action if Iran does not refrain from supporting the Houthis, and it would not be nice. Iran had reacted strongly saying that the US cannot dictate Iran's foreign policy.